‘Contemporary music has no artistic value.’ Is this a fair comment? (2008) An oft heard criticism of contemporary music today is that they are more “noise” than “music”. Be it hip-hop‚ rock‚ heavy metal‚ Rhythm-and-Blues (R&B) or any of its likes‚ cultural snobs have dismissed them as unworthy in comparison to the classical music from masters like Beethoven‚ Bach‚ or Strauss. These critics often see contemporary music having no artistic value as these music genres are often considered to be outside
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Television has a bad influence on teenagers. Do you agree? Television has become an integral part of homes in the modern world that it is hard to imagine life without television. It provides entertainment to people of all ages especially children. Not only children but teenagers also love to watch television and prefer to stay ‘glued’ to the TV screen all day‚ rather than socializing or doing some outdoor physical activities. It has been known that teenagers watch a lot of television. A recent research
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got punished for it. As a result‚ people used to held event on the streets for prevention against these injustices. Gradually they became more violent‚ and it made police to play an aggressive role to block them. The subculture I selected‚ gangsta rap‚ tried to resist these inequalities between majority and minority group of people by raising their strong voice against authority. The
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seem impossible to find those kind of people‚ they will eventually come into our lives‚ when we least expect them. Hermann Hesse’s Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth shows that those we meet in life can change who we are and what we will become. Emil Sinclair goes through the process of individualization through the influence of Demian‚ Pistorius‚ and Frau Eva. Demian saves Emil Sinclair from the destruction of his own fears. “Such fear can destroy us completely. You’ve got to get rid of it
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Music is truly an American artistic creation that all of us should be proud of. Unfortunately‚ we have two music types which in their beginnings were thought as a “Fly by Night” art. Thanks to the strong support‚ given by the loyal individuals who started these art forms; we are still blessed with a creative ingenuity of music called Rap‚ Country & Western. There are many similarities between rap and country & western (C&W). Primarily‚ the two genres of music have a strong
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Greek Culture Ancient Greece was one of the most thriving countries in the early sixth to eighth AD centuries. Ancient Greece still has a huge impact on the modern world as they perfected skills we still use today. The Ancient Greeks were known for their advances in architecture‚ cuisine‚ and entertainment. The Greeks had a heavy influence in todays architecture since some of our governmental buildings are based off of old Greek architecture. Common materials used in their architecture were “wood
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language of music has exerted powerful influences on individuals and societies alike. Felix Mendelssohn once remarked that music is more specific about what it expresses than words written about those expressions could ever be. That music has the power to express‚ convey and illicit powerful emotions is without question‚ however the issue of music’s moral and ethical power‚ and how that power affects individuals and societies‚ is one that receives too little attention in our post-modern world. Ancient
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The following six questions are addressed in a critique of an article entitled: Controversial Rap Themes‚ Gender Portrayals and Skin Tone Distortion: A Content Analysis of Rap Music Videos. This article was published in the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media and written by Kate Conrad‚ Travis Dixon‚ and Yuanyuan Zhang. Kate and Yuanyuan are PhD students in the Department of Speech Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Travis is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
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Three Ways Music Affects My Life Music has always been a huge factor in my life. Not only does it serve as one of my greatest influences in the world‚ but it also defines who I am as a human being. It has helped mold me into the kind of person that I am today‚ as well as the kind of person that I strive to become in the future. Three ways music affects my life are it gives me the strength to achieve my goals‚ it enables me to express myself through the emotions that I am feeling‚ and it calms me
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Barbie Since March 9th‚ 1959 the United States has had a very influential piece of plastic‚ called the Barbie. Barbie was created by Ruth Handler‚ of Mattel Inc. after discovering a doll in Germany named Bild Lilli. The Barbie doll was named after Ruth Handler’s daughter‚ Barbara. The Barbie was introduced to the United Sates at a time when the word “teenager” was becoming a popular trend on television and in movies. A teenager is the time between childhood and adult life. Mattel took the opportunity
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